The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles have completed 21 seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) since their inaugural season in 2005. The team was formed to fill the void left in the Pacific League when the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes and the Orix BlueWave merged during the 2004 NPB realignment. As of 2025, they have played 2,974 regular season games, winning 1,354, losing 1,536, and tying 84 for a winning percentage of .469. The Eagles have also a combined record of 15–14–1 (.517) in post-season and Japan Series play. The team is based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.
Seasons
Key to colors Japan Series championsPacific League champions^Playoff berth
Key to abbreviations PL – Pacific League W – Wins L – Losses T – Ties GB - Games behind CS – Climax Series
Key to awards ESA – Eiji Sawamura Award JS MVP – Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award MSA – Matsutaro Shoriki Award MVP – Most Valuable Player Award ROY – Rookie of the Year Award
SeasonLeagueRegular seasonPostseason(Climax & Japan Series)Manager(s)AwardsHomeattendanceNotesFinish2005PL6th38971.281977,1042006PL6th47854.35633951,7232007PL4th67752.4721,117,3692008PL5th65763.4611,149,0612009PL2nd^77661.5381,203,1692010PL6th62793.440151,141,6402011PL5th66717.4821,168,1882012PL4th676710.5001,177,7932013†PL*1st^82593.582—1,281,0872014PL6th64800.444171,450,2332015PL6th57833.4071,524,1492016PL5th62783.443251,620,9612017PL3rd^77633.5501,770,1082018PL6th58823.414Yosuke Hiraishi1,726,0042019PL3rd^71684.511 1,821,7852020PL4th55578.491236,0842021PL3rd^666215.516 615,2372022PL4th69713.4931,331,1312023PL4th70712.496171,358,5122024PL4th67724.482 1,642,3712025PL4th67742.475211,707,349Total：21 seasons, 2,974 games1,3541,53684.469Pennants：1, Championships：1 Statistics current through the 2025 season
Notes Games behind is determined by calculating the difference in wins plus the difference in losses divided by two. The final stage of the Climax Series awards the regular season champion an automatic one-win advantage. NPB's 2020 season was shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic. Attendance to games that did occur was either prohibited or significantly limited. Limiting attendance continued into the 2021 season.
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